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Ask HN: What keeps you motivated to keep going?

• mactavish88 5y ago
  At this point, pretty much a desire for survival. Working remotely, almost perpetually stuck in COVID lockdowns/restrictions in Canada for the past 2 years, not having many friends/family and not being able to visit them (they’re all over 10,000km away) for nearly 3 years now, and a partner who’s recently been diagnosed with depression is all taking its toll.
  • amznbyebyebye 5y ago
    Wow I’m sorry to hear that. I hope you find the strength to keep going.
• PaulHoule 5y ago
  Depending on the day and situation I go up and down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs I get some self-actualization and transcendence, enjoy a lot of aesthetic pleasure. Right now I am thinking about the physiological need of hunger and will go eat after, feel pretty safe, I feel good about myself in most respects but have a certain hole in my self-image that needs some worth. Unlike a lot of people I see my current job as a solution rather than a problem and side projects as a answer to growth.
  • amznbyebyebye 5y ago
    That’s interesting. How do you find your current job as a solution?
    • PaulHoule 5y ago
      Between my wife and I there is no stress about money. Emotional positives are stronger than the negatives. I think my work is meaningful. The people are nice. I learn things I can't learn at work through doing side projects; interestingly there is a lot of synergy in that my side projects have taught me to be stronger at my weakest areas at work (visual aspects of UI) at my own pace.
• kleer001 5y ago
  Grit. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit
  • toomuchtodo 5y ago
    +1 for grit. Embrace the suck.